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Second-Place Showdown
In honor of the 43rd President of the United States (heh, heh, heh),
The Al Gore Cup is a forum for teams that finished second and most
likely feel that they're more deserving than all of the other
first-place teams to be in the championship bracket.
Teams are seeded 1-4 based on regular season records and play a
best-of-seven semifinal round followed by another seven game series to
crown the winner.
The winner receives a bonus of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks.
The runner-up gets 500,000.
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The 2006 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Seattle (83-67) - Led the Ruth Division for much
of the first half of the season. Most wins in franchise
history. League Power Index: 4
- San Francisco (80-70) - BWB Champs of 2001.
Started the season slow, but played great down the stretch.
Power Index: 8
- Norwalk (77-73) - Strong contender in the Wagner
Division for most of the year. Power Index: 7
- D-Town (75-75) - BWB Champs in 2004. Came
up just a bit short in the push for the Cobb Division. Power
Index: 9
Semifinals - D-Town wins in 6 games, San Francisco wins in 7.
Finals - D-Town vs. San Francisco. They split the season
series 3-3.
2006 Winner: D-Town Demolishers
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Finals
Game |
D-Town vs. San Francisco |
1 |
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E |
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D-Town |
7 |
9 |
1 |
Box |
San Francisco |
5 |
7 |
2 |
WP - Wang (1-0)
LP - O'Connor (0-1) HR: DT: Matthews (1)
D-Town leads 1-0 |
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2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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D-Town |
7 |
14 |
2 |
Box |
San Francisco |
4 |
11 |
0 |
WP - Hernandez (1-0)
LP - Mussina (0-1) HR - DT: Blake
(1), Pujols (1), Uggla (1); SF: Soriano (1)
D-Town leads 2-0 |
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3 |
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R |
H |
E |
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San Francisco |
3 |
8 |
0 |
Box |
D-Town |
8 |
10 |
0 |
WP - Marcum (1-0)
LP - Kim (0-1) HR - DT: Blake (2),
Matthews (2), Pujols (2)
D-Town leads 3-0 |
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4 |
Extra Innings |
R |
H |
E |
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San Francisco |
5 |
14 |
1 |
Box |
D-Town |
4 |
9 |
0 |
WP - Cain (1-0)
LP - DT BP (0-1) HR - SF: Soriano 2 (3),
Fielder (1), Torreabla (1); DT: Jeter (1)
D-Town leads 3-1 |
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5 |
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R |
H |
E |
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San Francisco |
3 |
5 |
1 |
Box |
D-Town |
8 |
10 |
0 |
WP - DT BP (1-1)
LP - Halladay (0-1) HR - SF: Hawpe (1);
DT: LaRoche (1), Kearns (1), Uggla (2)
D-Town wins 4-1 |
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Semifinals
Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
1 |
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R |
H |
E |
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D-Town |
2 |
6 |
3 |
Box |
Seattle |
5 |
5 |
0 |
WP - Hensley (1-0)
LP - DT BP (0-1) HR - DT: DeRosa (1); Sea:
Johjima (1)
Seattle leads 1-0 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Norwalk |
8 |
9 |
0 |
Box |
San Francisco |
6 |
4 |
0 |
WP - Nor BP (1-0)
LP - Mulder (0-1) HR - SF: Bay 2 (2)
Norwalk leads 1-0 |
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2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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D-Town |
8 |
12 |
2 |
Box |
Seattle |
6 |
12 |
0 |
WP - Hernandez (1-0)
LP - Lowe (0-1) HR - DT: Pujols (1), Uggla
(1); Sea: Hernandez 2 (2), Bonds (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Norwalk |
0 |
4 |
6 |
Box |
San Francisco |
10 |
4 |
2 |
WP - Mussina (1-0)
LP - Penny (0-1) HR - SF: Soriano (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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3 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Seattle |
3 |
4 |
2 |
Box |
D-Town |
7 |
13 |
1 |
WP - Hennessey (1-0)
LP - Maddux (0-1) HR - Sea: Ibanez (1);
DT: Pujols (2), Uggla (2)
D-Town leads 2-1 |
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R |
H |
E |
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San Francisco |
8 |
6 |
0 |
Box |
Norwalk |
3 |
12 |
0 |
WP - Chacin (1-0)
LP - Zambrano (0-1) HR - SF: Hawpe (1)
San Francisco leads 2-1 |
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4 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Seattle |
9 |
13 |
0 |
Box |
D-Town |
5 |
8 |
0 |
WP - Sea BP (1-0)
LP - DT BP (0-2) HR - Sea: Granderson (1),
Jones (1), Ibanez (2), Hernandez 2 (4), Bonds (2); DT: Lowell (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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San Francisco |
4 |
10 |
0 |
Box |
Norwalk |
6 |
10 |
1 |
WP - Sanchez (1-0)
LP - Cain (0-1) HR - none
Series tied 2-2 |
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5 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Seattle |
4 |
12 |
0 |
Box |
D-Town |
8 |
12 |
0 |
WP - Ortiz (1-0)
LP - Capuano (0-1) HR - Sea: Jones (2)
D-Town leads 3-2 |
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H |
E |
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San Francisco |
8 |
10 |
1 |
Box |
Norwalk |
4 |
10 |
0 |
WP - Halladay (1-0)
LP - Kazmir (0-1) HR - SF: Soriano (2)
San Francisco leads 3-2 |
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6 |
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R |
H |
E |
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D-Town |
4 |
6 |
0 |
Box |
Seattle |
3 |
10 |
0 |
WP - Wang (1-0)
LP - Sea BP (1-1) HR - DT: Kearns (1)
D-Town wins 4-2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Norwalk |
10 |
11 |
0 |
Box |
San Francisco |
7 |
12 |
0 |
WP - Harang (1-0)
LP - Mulder (0-2) HR - Nor: Beltran (1);
SF: Bay (3), Hawpe (2), Feliz(1)
Series tied 3-3 |
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7 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Norwalk |
3 |
9 |
2 |
Box |
San Francisco |
6 |
12 |
0 |
WP - Mussina (2-0)
LP - Nor BP (1-1) HR - SF: Bay (4)
San Francisco wins 4-3 |
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